Yep, They are puny little disks to the distributed folks (and consider your mod 3 is 2.3G and mod 9 6.8G after formatting and putting a file system on it).
We are mostly mod 27 and mod 54. Mod 3's are only for paging here. We do use LVM extensively. One server has 5TB (110 mod 54's). LVM with yast2 on SLES 10 is not so bad. If you can, use FCP, but if you can't because you're running something like GDPS/Hyperswap xDR or perhaps z/OS backs up all your disks, you may not have a choice but to stick with ECKD. Marcy "This message may contain confidential and/or privileged information. If you are not the addressee or authorized to receive this for the addressee, you must not use, copy, disclose, or take any action based on this message or any information herein. If you have received this message in error, please advise the sender immediately by reply e-mail and delete this message. Thank you for your cooperation." -----Original Message----- From: Linux on 390 Port [mailto:linux-...@vm.marist.edu] On Behalf Of O'Brien, David W. (NIH/CIT) [C] Sent: Wednesday, February 18, 2009 7:35 AM To: LINUX-390@VM.MARIST.EDU Subject: [LINUX-390] Size of Linux DASD under Z/VM? Hi, We're new to the Linux world. Currently we have 3390 Mod-3 (2.8G) and Mod-9s (8.4 G) defined to our Linux guests under Z/VM. I'm starting to get complaints that these 'partitions' are too small and do not compare favorably with the dasd sizes available on PC desktops. (Apples and Oranges, in my opinion.) What I'd like to know from the group is - What are your DASD sizes? Are the complaints about partition sizes valid? We have a segment of 1.8TB that could be re-configured. I've suggested 50Gig Mod-54s but have been told that's too small. Thank you, Dave O'Brien NIH Contractor ________________________________________ ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For LINUX-390 subscribe / signoff / archive access instructions, send email to lists...@vm.marist.edu with the message: INFO LINUX-390 or visit http://www.marist.edu/htbin/wlvindex?LINUX-390
